A simple exact solution for the motion of the atmosphere about the rotating earth and application to the rotation of the atmosphere /
Harry E. Moses.

Description

Main Author

Moses, Harry E.

Related Names

Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.)

Language(s)

English

Published

L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, 1972.

Subjects

Functions, Special.
Equations of motion.
Differential equations, Partial.
Coriolis force.
Atmospheric circulation.
Coriolis force.
Functions, Special.
Differential equations, Partial.
Equations of motion.
Atmospheric circulation.

Summary

A simple solution for the steady-state motion of the atmosphere about the rotating earth is given. The coriolis and centrifugal forces are taken into account exactly, as are the non-linearities of the equations of motion of the fluid. It is assumed that the wind has east-west components only, is independent of the longitude, and has the simplest possible dependence on the latitude. The resulting wind is an analogue of the constant wind in a flat, non-rotating space. A special case is that for which the velocity is identically zero at the earth's surface. This solution is a possible model for superrotation. A numerical comparison with experiment is in a later paper. (Author).

Note

Research supported by the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts.
Aeronomy Laboratory Project 7635.
AD0754248 (from http://www.dtic.mil).
"13 October 1972."

Physical Description

v, 9 pages ; 28 cm.

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